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Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 7300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 100.0 11000.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERMACRENE-B 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 18300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Fruit Essent. Oil 400.0 49300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 26200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GUINEENSINE 0 Fruit not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIOTROPIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
HENTRIACONTAN-16-OL 0 Stem not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Stem not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Stem not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
HENTRIACONTANONE 0 Stem not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
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Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.